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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs b/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
index e277b8181..6764002bc 100644
--- a/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/ptr/mut_ptr.rs
@@ -80,10 +80,14 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> *mut T {
#[unstable(feature = "set_ptr_value", issue = "75091")]
#[must_use = "returns a new pointer rather than modifying its argument"]
#[inline]
- pub fn with_metadata_of<U>(self, mut val: *mut U) -> *mut U
+ pub fn with_metadata_of<U>(self, val: *const U) -> *mut U
where
U: ?Sized,
{
+ // Prepare in the type system that we will replace the pointer value with a mutable
+ // pointer, taking the mutable provenance from the `self` pointer.
+ let mut val = val as *mut U;
+ // Pointer to the pointer value within the value.
let target = &mut val as *mut *mut U as *mut *mut u8;
// SAFETY: In case of a thin pointer, this operations is identical
// to a simple assignment. In case of a fat pointer, with the current
@@ -584,7 +588,6 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> *mut T {
///
/// For non-`Sized` pointees this operation changes only the data pointer,
/// leaving the metadata untouched.
- #[cfg(not(bootstrap))]
#[unstable(feature = "ptr_mask", issue = "98290")]
#[must_use = "returns a new pointer rather than modifying its argument"]
#[inline(always)]
@@ -727,7 +730,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> *mut T {
/// Returns whether two pointers are guaranteed to be inequal.
///
- /// At runtime this function behaves like `Some(self == other)`.
+ /// At runtime this function behaves like `Some(self != other)`.
/// However, in some contexts (e.g., compile-time evaluation),
/// it is not always possible to determine inequality of two pointers, so this function may
/// spuriously return `None` for pointers that later actually turn out to have its inequality known.
@@ -868,7 +871,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> *mut T {
/// units of T: the distance in bytes is divided by `mem::size_of::<T>()`.
///
/// This computes the same value that [`offset_from`](#method.offset_from)
- /// would compute, but with the added precondition that that the offset is
+ /// would compute, but with the added precondition that the offset is
/// guaranteed to be non-negative. This method is equivalent to
/// `usize::from(self.offset_from(origin)).unwrap_unchecked()`,
/// but it provides slightly more information to the optimizer, which can